Jason Hernandez
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> In a message dated 8/20/2009 12:03:17 P.M. Central
> Daylight Time, Steve@exoticrainforest.com writes:
>
> I have a proposal to make to the International Aroid
> Society board of directors in September and would enjoy
> feedback from all that subscribe to Aroid l. Please
> don't think you shouldn't respond just because you
> haven't joined the IAS.........yet. Part of the proposal
> is to hopefully give you more reasons to want to join
> but no one is going to be calling you or flooding your
> inbox with mail!
>
> Would everyone receiving these posts today hit "reply"
> right now and tell us what state or country you live in?
> If you are willing, please also tell us what genera of
> Araceae you enjoy growing and if you have specific
> suggestions as to how the IAS can serve you personally
> please add a brief note.
>
>
> If nothing else, please let us know what part of the U.S.
> or world is your home.
>
> Thanks to all and please do consider joining your fellow
> aroiders on September 19 and 20 at Fairchild Tropical
> Botanic Garden in Miami, FL! There will be lots of
> aroids to peruse and take home, great presentations, a
> wonderful tropical garden with a living rain forest to
> explore and great food at the Saturday night dinner!
> Besides, Dr. Croat does great presentations!
>
> Good aroid growing to all of you!
>
> Steve Lucas
> _www.ExoticRainforest.com_
> (http://www.exoticrainforest.com/)
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:42:02 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Sheldon Hatheway
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Enjoy Aroid l? Please tell us
> where you are! To: Discussion of aroids
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> Sheldon Hatheway
> Canby, Oregon, USA
>
> Philodendron, Spathiphyllum, Anthurium, Amorphophallus,
> Arisaema, Monstera, Zamioculcas
>
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>
>
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> From: ExoticRainforest
> To: Discussion of aroids
> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:55:57 AM
> Subject: [Aroid-l] Enjoy Aroid l? Please tell us where
> you are!
>
> I have a proposal to make to the
> International Aroid Society board of directors in
> September and would enjoy feedback from all that subscribe
> to Aroid l. Please don't think you shouldn't respond just
> because you haven't joined the IAS.........yet. Part of
> the proposal is to hopefully give you more reasons to want
> to join but no one is going to be calling you or flooding
> your inbox with mail!
>
> Would everyone receiving these posts today hit "reply"
> right now and tell us what state or country you live in?
> If you are willing, please also tell us what genera of
> Araceae you enjoy growing and if you have specific
> suggestions as to how the IAS can serve you personally
> please add a brief note.
>
> If nothing else, please let us know what part of the U.S.
> or world is your home.
>
> Thanks to all and please do consider joining your fellow
> aroiders on September 19 and 20 at Fairchild Tropical
> Botanic Garden in Miami, FL! There will be lots of aroids
> to peruse and take home, great presentations, a wonderful
> tropical garden with a living rain forest to explore and
> great food at the Saturday night dinner! Besides, Dr.
> Croat does great presentations!
>
> Good aroid growing to all of you!
>
> Steve Lucas
> www.ExoticRainforest.com
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:42:56 -0500
> From: "Tom Croat"
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Advise in planting Arum seeds
> To: "Discussion of aroids"
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> Dear Marek: I am curious to know what city you live in.
> I have been in Wroclaw, Warsawa and Krakow. Once I was
> thrown off the train in Bialstock when I came in from
> Russia and spent the night drinking vodka and talking in
> German to a few railway workers who befriended me (and
> while I waited for my passport to arrive from the border).
> At 3:00 AM the train came and I crawled my drunken body
> aboard an slept all the way to Warsawa.
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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> From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com
> [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Marek
> Argent Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:44 PM
> To: Discussion of aroids
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Advise in planting Arum seeds
>
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
>
>
> I live in Europe, in Poland and I don't know the climate
> in USA.
>
>
>
> It depends what species you have.
>
> Once a few years we have cruel winters with night
> temperatures below -20C (-2F),
>
> the last winter was very cold, but Arum cylindraceum
> (alpinum), A. italicum and A. italicum 'Pictum' survived,
>
> the seedlings of A. cylindraceum survived too.
>
> A few years ago here was a cold winter too and I lost A.
> concinnatum and one unidentified species.
>
> http://www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/unid/arum2.htm
>
>
>
> In the IAS page you can find a list of hardy aroids:
>
> http://www.aroid.org/horticulture/hardy.php
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Marek
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Tom Croat
>
> To: Discussion of aroids
>
>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 3:28 AM
>
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Advise in planting Arum seeds
>
>
>
> Dear Marek: Where do you live? Do you think that
> these seeds would survive in St. Louis Missoui?
>
>
>
> Thank you so much for your advise. This will be my
> first experience with Arum seeds.
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>
>
> From: aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com
> [mailto:aroid-l-bounces@gizmoworks.com] On Behalf Of Marek
> Argent
> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 12:15 PM
> To: Discussion of aroids
> Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Advise in planting Arum seeds
>
>
>
> Hi Tom,
>
>
>
> My Arum cylindraceum produces viable seeds every year,
> I sow them directly into the ground (sometimes in pots).
>
> They germinate next spring after spending one winter
> in the garden. I live between zones 6/7.
>
>
> http://www.wschowa.com/abrimaal/araceum/arum/alpinum.htm
>
>
>
> I think the seeds should be sown as quickly as
> possible. Once I got seeds of various Arum species. They
> were dry and none of them germinated though I kept them
> for 2 days in water and all the winter they spent in pots
> a fridge.
>
>
>
> Marek
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Tom Croat
>
> To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com
>
> Cc: Nasja.Grubisic@brodosplit.hr ; Boyce (Business
> Fax)
>
> mobot.org>
>
> Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 5:25 AM
>
> Subject: [Aroid-l] Advise in planting Arum seeds
>
>
>
> Dear Aroiders:
>
>
>
> I just returned from a trip to the
> Balkans and collected an Arum in fruit in Durres, Albania.
> Since these berries were mature in the midst of their dry
> Mediterranean style summer and if shed directly in such
> dry conditions could surely not germinate I am assuming
> that they must somehow survive without germinating until
> the rains begin. Does anyone know what I should do to get
> these seeds to germinate? Do they need to be stored?
> Planted directly? Treated in any particular way? I would
> appreciate you help. Emily is coming in tomorrow to deal
> with them so if you have some advise I would love to hear
> from you.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> Pete: I have copied both you and Marija Bedalov
> since I know that both of you have had direct experience
> with Arum.
>
>
>
> Tom
>
>
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